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Unit 8 Vocabulary
Unit 8 Age of Jackson
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Charter | a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company |
| American System | Henry Clay’s economic plan featuring high tariffs, improving infrastructure, and education |
| Infrastructure | Roads, bridges, and canals |
| Cede | To give up land to another country |
| Monroe Doctrine | The US would not allow European nations to create colonies or interfere with the new independent countries in Latin America |
| Speaker of the House | The highest ranking member of the House of Representatives |
| “Corrupt Bargain” | What Jackson supporters called the 1824 Presidential Election after John Q. Adams is elected and makes Henry Clay his Secretary of State |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Jacksonian Democracy | The idea that the common man should vote in elections and govern himself; opposing elites in society |
| Spoils system | The practice of rewarding government jobs to loyal supporters of the party that wins an election |
| Trail of Tears | The forced removal of Indian nations from the southeastern United States |
| Nullification | An action of a state that cancels a federal law to which the state objects |